Sentence examples for despite having ended from inspiring English sources

In 2003, because of its relatively low computer rankings, the University of Southern California was not selected to play in the national championship game despite having ended the regular season atop both the AP and coaches' polls.

Stephen Lang is also expected to be back as musclebound villain Colonel Quaritch in all three sequels, despite having ended the first movie with two Na'avi arrows through the chest.

The new president's coattails gave control of Congress to his party; still, two years later, despite having ended the war (and averted pressure to enter another) and having made no mistakes of note, his party lost Congress and didn't regain it even when he won a second term by a landslide.

However, Griffiths admits that he and defender Matt Doherty, also on loan from Wolves, will not have impressed the club's representative at Hampden. Brown is also uncertain about his future, despite having ended the season as number one thanks to an injury to Stack.

But Gavin Henson and Paul James named in the original 52-man squad for the Wales trial, are also unable to take part at the Liberty Stadium despite their season having ended for their English clubs.

Eventually, despite the budget crisis having ended and the workers receiving their salaries as promised, the garbage builds up underground and begins to erupt, pouring trash all over the town.

Despite the 2005 session having ended with the bill not coming to a vote, the stadium effort did not lose momentum in the legislature and was introduced quickly in the 2006 session.

It was because of these intransigent holdouts that Microsoft reversed its position recently and included Windows XP in its emergency update for a bug in Internet Explorer despite having ended all official support for Windows XP on April 8th.

Despite tax increases, California has ended dental coverage for adults on Medicaid, all but guaranteeing future medical problems.

But the era of the man who has in many ways personified baseballto the detriment of a game that many Americans, despite everything, still cherish — has ended.

Cameron said Brown had often lauded his economic stewardship but despite his claim to have ended boom and bust, Brown had presided over the "longest, deepest recessions in recent memory".